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Does anyone else feel that we should be trying to get as much money into the pot when we have the best chance to win and not really worry about our opponents pot/implied odds when they sure as all are not?

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Probably 90% of the time this value is the overriding consideration, and we raise when we think we have the best hand.

I think most of the hands where people think about this concept is when they're deciding to raise the flop (for value) or wait for the turn to raise (to protect their hand, but also for value ). Usually the bigger the pot the more you thinking about waiting to protect your hand, as their is more value in protecting the pot than in raising the flop. Hope that helps. I'd read SSHE as it explains this stuff really well.